Happy Birthday "Days"
We had a few different birthday celebrations for Ethan's 2nd birthday. According to my husband, I go crazy when it comes to celebrating birthdays. But to me, birthdays should be special and fun and something you remember for a long time. You will only turn 2 once :-) It was so different this year to plan a party, invite friends and actually get party bags together. Never had to think about these things before!! We had a fun time at a nearby park with cousins and a few friends. It was hard to pick a "theme" for Ethan because he likes so many different things. I chose to go with a dump truck theme (hence the truck on the birthday cake). I crushed up oreo cookies to use as dirt for the bulldozer to drive on. One of the little party attendees was quite concerned that there was actually dirt on the cake and wasn't so sure if he wanted to eat it :-)
For a while after the party, Ethan kept saying, "Happy Birthday to Ethan," and thinking all presents that he saw were from him. One funny flashback of something that happened before his birthday... I chose to hide his birthday presents from us in our closet. I didn't work too hard at hiding them, although they were out of sight. One day after realizing Ethan was upstairs and very quiet, I walked into my bedroom to see him coming out of my closet holding his birthday presents! So thankful that kids his age are easily distracted!! He was excited to open that present later, but somehow it seemed like he was expecting it :-)
On his actual birthday, we found ourselves in Colorado, quite a ways from home. I still tried to make it a special day with balloons and streamers and a few presents. We were able to celebrate with the rest of the team traveling with us after supper. Ethan is definitely becoming an expert at blowing out candles!
Everyday Adventures
Ethan has a love for keys. Not just any old plastic keys. Oh no, they have to be the keys mommy and daddy have to use everyday. He prefers to hold one set of keys in each hand. Then he likes to go over to the door and try to lock or unlock it. Sometimes, like in this picture, he packs up his bag or pail with toys, gets his keys and says "Bye, Mommy." Curious as to where he is going, he tells me, "The store."
There have been many times that I am about to leave to go somewhere and, you guessed it, I can't find my keys. Thankfully my son is very predictable. I've figured out his hiding places :-)
Our next adventure is in the area of music. I am far from thinking my child will ever be some famous musician. But he does love to play the piano! He is sure to have the song book right in front of him. As he "plays" he is singing at the top of his lungs. Then he stops, turns the page in the song book and continues singing at the top of his lungs. Now, as we travel, we don't have a piano. He still comes to me at times and says, "Mommy, sing." So I get out the song book and he sits down on the couch and then says, "Mommy, music." (pointing to the cd player and trying to tell me to put some music on for him to sing to) Just recently he mastered singing most of Jesus Loves Me along with me.
The last adventure for now is actually one of my own. I have tried for a few years to make a successful and delicious homemade pie crust. I have failed for years too :-) My mother-in-law so graciously came over one day this summer to set me straight. She is an expert pie crust maker!! I think and hope I learned something from her. We did make two pie crusts together and they both tasted delicious. Now the next step would be to make one on my own. I'll have to let you know how that goes. Here is a pic of the cherry pie we made together.
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